A Preston County community
Eglon’s timeline brings together local institutions, roadside landmarks, and a remembered 1951 aircraft tragedy. It includes the Maple Grove Child Rescue Home, Our Lady of the Pines near Silver Lake, and the B-26 crash near Eglon, while distinguishing the nearby places connected with those stories.
This overview draws on the connected timeline entries and the checked National Archives postal index. Follow the links below for sources and research qualifications.Community timeline
May 21, 1921
The Maple Grove Child Rescue Home was dedicated and opened to children on the former Charlie Jones farm near Eglon. The Eglon Church of the Brethren congregation had proposed a receiving home for homeless children in 1919,…
Open event and sources1940–1942
Church leaders recommended closing and selling the Maple Grove Child Rescue Home in 1940. Their history cited increasingly restrictive interstate-placement laws, more demanding state licensing requirements, fewer requests to…
Open event and sourcesNovember 16, 1951
On the evening of November 16, 1951, a U.S. Air Force Douglas RB-26C Invader returning from Pittsburgh to Langley Air Force Base on a routine training flight suffered an engine failure and struck a mountaintop near Eglon,…
Open event and sources1958
Peter and Elizabeth “Beanie” Milkint completed Our Lady of the Pines, a tiny sandstone chapel near Eglon, as a memorial to their parents. Measuring 24 by 12 feet outside, its sanctuary contains six stained-glass windows and…
Open event and sourcesSeven records from 1881 to 1942 document the office’s proposed change from Maple Run to Eglon, then later location questionnaires and maps. They identify Aurora, Horse Shoe Run, Oakland and Garrett County, Maryland, the Youghiogheny River, roads, rail service, and the state boundary.
Explore all 7 postal recordsRecord dates are not necessarily office opening or closing dates. Applications and proposed moves retain their original qualifications.
National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · NARA pages 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456. View the original collection.